01.04.19
Yuki Takahashi, Tokushima, Japan; and Masatoshi Ikeuchi, Tokushima, Japan.
Assigned to Livedo Corporation, Ehime, Japan.
Filed: 10/21/13
Issued: 10/9/18
An absorbent article comprising a top sheet, a back sheet and an absorbent core provided therebetween, and having a front-rear direction and a width direction, wherein: flap sheets having a center region, end regions and intermediate regions positioned between the center region and the end regions, wherein the flap sheets are provided on both sides of the top sheet in the width direction; the flap sheet has a base part facing the top sheet and a rising part extending from the base part, the rising part being formed by folding the flap sheet at an inner edge of the base part in the width direction; the base part is joined to the top sheet and/or the back sheet over a joining area; inner ends of the joining areas of the center region and the end regions of each of the flap sheets are located closer in the width direction toward a center of the absorbent core than inner ends of the joining areas of the intermediate regions; and the rising part is joined to the base part at the end regions.
Assigned to Livedo Corporation, Ehime, Japan.
Filed: 10/21/13
Issued: 10/9/18
An absorbent article comprising a top sheet, a back sheet and an absorbent core provided therebetween, and having a front-rear direction and a width direction, wherein: flap sheets having a center region, end regions and intermediate regions positioned between the center region and the end regions, wherein the flap sheets are provided on both sides of the top sheet in the width direction; the flap sheet has a base part facing the top sheet and a rising part extending from the base part, the rising part being formed by folding the flap sheet at an inner edge of the base part in the width direction; the base part is joined to the top sheet and/or the back sheet over a joining area; inner ends of the joining areas of the center region and the end regions of each of the flap sheets are located closer in the width direction toward a center of the absorbent core than inner ends of the joining areas of the intermediate regions; and the rising part is joined to the base part at the end regions.
